Tag Archives: Japanese Internment

I had so much fun talking with Ellen about this really fascinating topic. She fills me in on all kinds of things – the details of how Asians went from being reviled in the United States to emerging as the “model minority” post-WWII. Chinese exclusion? Japanese internment? Yup, we talk about all these things…so how is it, then, after decades of existing on the margins, did Asian Americans carve out their so-called “model” status? Welp, I guess you will have to listen to find out (hint: it’s a Cold War story).

We discuss:

Documentary evidence when studying Asian Americans in both the 19th and 20th centuries

Common experiences of Asian immigrants from different countries

The distinctions between Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries

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